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Water flows to parched NSW wetlands could be turned back on within weeks as drought fears loom

08 May at 05:45 AM, via The Guardian

Water minister Rose Jackson calls drying in Gwydir region ‘devastating’ as bill passes upper house

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Water flows to parched New South Wales wetlands where an urgent rescue mission to save dying wildlife unfolded are a step closer to resuming after legislation passed the state parliament’s upper house.

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Two Britons evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship ‘improving’ in hospital

07 May at 21:20 PM, via The Guardian

Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands

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Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said.

A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on 27 April and is receiving care at a private...

‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say

07 May at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics say

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A series of high-profile and under-the-radar decisions by US health agencies have scientists and doctors questioning the extent of the agencies’ control over public communications – and they say the debate is obscuring the most important...

Tiny parasitic wasp named after David Attenborough for his 100th birthday

07 May at 13:01 PM, via The Guardian

Specimen from 1983 lay forgotten at Natural History Museum until recently, when spotted by a volunteer and identified as new genus

He has lizards, bats, frogs, weevils, flatworms, snails and spiders named after him. But now Sir David Attenborough can celebrate his 100th birthday with an entirely new genus named in his honour.

Scientists from the Natural History Museum in London have paid...

Up to 2cm a month: Nasa keeps track as Mexico City sinks into the ground

07 May at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to it

Walking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National...

Datatec is firing on all cylinders

07 May at 09:31 AM, via TechCentral

JSE-listed Datatec expects headline earnings per share to rise more than 50% for the year ended 28 February 2026.

100 years on Earth: celebrating David Attenborough’s birthday – podcast

07 May at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s centenary, Madeleine Finlay catches up with natural history writer Patrick Barkham, who has met the celebrated presenter. They explore how the natural world has changed in the century that Attenborough has been on Earth, and how his programming has reflected his growing commitment to highlighting the devastating impacts of the climate crisis on nature and...

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